“I… you said that only I can find that star…” My heart started racing faster and my face blushed harder. I looked at the starry night sky that was reflected on the surface of the lake. Could the star that Raffles had been talking about be in the lake?

A star that only I could find….

“I… I…” I became like Raffles. I had something to say but I couldn’t put it into words. Now, I realized that there were some things that would require a huge amount of courage to speak it out. “I want that star…” I finally said it out loud. God knew how hot my face was. My face had never been this hot. It wouldn’t even get that hot when I had a high fever.

Raffles slowly walked to me, coming so close that his body was leaning against...